Holmes, George, Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
Born Sheffield, Yorkshire
Killed in action 9th April 1917 aged 21
Son of Robert Wilson Holmes and Annie Holmes, of "Ivylea," Roslyn Crescent, Hathersage, Sheffield. Native of Meersbrook Park, Sheffield. Educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield, and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Buried in Wancourt British Cemetery, VIII, A, 7

1911 Census
A school boy
Son of Robert Wilson Holmes, a joiner, and Sister Annie Holmes, of 97, Burcot Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire
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Original grave marker of Second Lieutenant George Holmes, St. Michael and All Angels Church, Hathersage

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Plaque commemorating Second Lieutenant George Holmes, St. Michael and All Angels Church, Hathersage

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